State of California November 3, 1998 General
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Additional Endorsements for Connie Callahan

Candidate for
Justice, California State Court of Appeal; District 3

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Justice Connie Callahan, Court of Appeal, Third District, State of California, is supported for voter retention in the general election, November 3, 1998, by the judicial, legal, law enforcement, crime victim, education, and civic leaders in the partial list below.

ROBERT K. PUGLIA, Presiding Justice, Court of Appeal, Third District, State of California
THOMAS CECIL, Presiding Judge, Superior Court, County of Sacramento
THOMAS TEAFORD, Presiding Judge, Consolidated Courts, County of San Joaquin
KENNETH PETERSON, Presiding Judge, Juvenile Court, County of Sacramento
ILLA COLLIN, Chair, Board of Supervisors, County of Sacramento
JAN SCULLY, District Attorney, County of Sacramento
JOHN PHILLIPS, District Attorney, County of San Joaquin
FERN LEATHEM, Public Defender, State of California
PAULINO DURAN, Public Defender, County of Sacramento
GLEN CRAIG, Sheriff, County of Sacramento
BAXTER DUNN, Sheriff, County of San Joaquin
DENNIS LOBENBERG, Commander, California Highway Patrol
VERNE SPIERS, Chief Probation Officer, County of Sacramento
SAMUEL JACKSON, City Attorney, City of Sacramento
ARTURO VENEGAS, Chief of Police, City of Sacramento
ED CHAVEZ, Chief of Police, City of Stockton
SHIRLEY DAVID, Law Librarian, County of Sacramento
GERTRUDES LADION, Law Librarian, County of San Joaquin

CRIME VICTIM LEADERS

MIKE REYNOLDS, Chief Proponent, Proposition 184, the Three Strikes Initiative
CITIZENS FOR LAW AND ORDER and its President, Robert Nicholas
COLLENE (THOMPSON) CAMPBELL, Founder, Memory of Victims Everywhere
CRIME VICTIMS UNITED OF CALIFORNIA and its President, Harriet Salarno
PATSY & JOHN GILLIS, Co-Chairs, Victims and Friends United
SUSAN FISHER, Vice Chair, Doris Tate Crime Victims Bureau
PATTI TATE
VICTIMS AND FRIENDS UNITED
CHRISTENE WARD, Board Member, Doris Tate Crime Victims Bureau
MARCELLA LEACH, President, Justice for Homicide Victims
GENELLE REILLEY, Vice President, Justice for Homicide Victims
VALARIE RICHARDS, Board Member, Families and Friends of Murder Victims

LAW SCHOOL DEANS

GERALD CAPLAN, Dean, McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento
REX PERSCHBACHER, Dean, School of Law, University of California, Davis
LOREN SMITH, Dean, Lincoln Law School
NELS B. FRANSON, Dean, Humphreys School of Law, Stockton
LINDA E. PROAPS, Lorenzo Patiņo School of Law

PROMINENT LEGAL PROFESSIONALS

JAY GREINER, President, Sacramento County Bar Association
DAN SCHROEDER, President, San Joaquin County Bar Association
JERRY CHONG, Esq., Chief Legal Counsel, CAPITAL, California Asian-Pacific Islanders Together for Active Leadership, and Co-Founder of UNITY (Past President, Asian Bar Association)
RENARD SHEPARD, Judge, Superior Court, County of Sacramento, and Co-Founder of UNITY (Past President, Wiley Manuel Bar Association)
CLARENCE BROWN, President, Wiley Manuel Bar Association
NANCY LEE, Past President, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
JESSIE MORRIS, JR., Past President, Wiley Manuel Bar Association
ANDRES RICO, JR., Past President, La Raza Lawyers
RUTHE ASHLEY, Past President, Asian Bar Association
PAT JORGENSON-HART, Immediate Past President, Women Lawyers
LILIAN SHEK, Administrative Law Judge, State of California, and Past President, Women Lawyers
KAREN LEAF, Esq.
ANNA OH, Esq.
JAY-ALLEN EISEN, Esq.
LEONARD PADILLA, Chairman of the Board, Lorenzo Patiņo School of Law
NELLIE PATINO, Dean Emeritus, Lorenzo Patiņo School of Law
RUSSELL MILLER, Dean of Students, Lorenzo Patiņo School of Law
LA RAZA LAWYERS OF SACRAMENTO

POLITICAL, CIVIC, AND CHARITABLE LEADERS

Dr. SONNEY CHONG, Chair of the Council, CAPITAL, Capital Asian-Pacific Islanders Together for Active Leadership
Dr. VAN VU, Membership Chair, CAPITAL, Capital Asian-Pacific Islanders Together for Active Leadership
ALEX ENG, President, Chinese American Council of Sacramento
ELEANOR CHIANG, President, Sacramento Chinese Culture Foundation
HEDDY CHIANG, Chair, California Asian Pacific American Experiences
TOM BHE, President, Organization of Chinese Americans
DOREEN CHAN, Chair, Pacific Rim Street Fest
KAREN TOMINE, Co-President, Japanese American Citizens League, Florin Chapter (Executive Director, Sacramento County Bar Association)
GRACE KIM, Past President, Korean American Community Association of Greater Sacramento
DWAN CHEN HSU, Past President, Organization of Chinese Americans of Greater Sacramento
BILL WONG, President, Asian Pacific Democratic Club
GLORIA APOLINARIO, President, Filipino American Republican Council of California
KIM LUM, Past President, Chinese American Republicans of Sacramento
MAMIE YEE, President, Chinese American Republicans of Sacramento
SILAS TING, Executive Director, Golden State Physicians Group

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SACRAMENTO

The undersigned judicial officers of the Superior Court of California, County of Sacramento recognize the importance of the November 3, 1998, retention election of Justices Connie M. Callahan, Harry E. Hull, Jr., and George Nicholson. In light of their past records of excellence, both on and off the bench, we support the retention of these appellate justices to maintain the high quality of appellate court justices in this district.

GERALD S. BAKARICH
ROLAND L. CANDEE
ESTHER CASTELLANOS
THOMAS M. CECIL
LLOYD G. CONNELLY
GRETA CURTIS CROSSLAND
ANTHONY DE CRISTOFORO, JR.
MORRISON C.ENGLAND, JR.
DAVID FOOS
JAMES T. FORD
MICHAEL T. GARCIA
RICHARD H. GILMOUR
JOE S. GRAY
JEFFREY L. GUNTHER
CHARLES C. KOBAYASHI
DARREL W. LEWIS
JOHN R. LEWIS
RUDOLPH R. LONCKE
PETER J. MC BRIEN
PETER MERING
JAMES I. MORRIS
GARY S. MULLEN
GAIL D. OHANESIAN
RONALD B. ROBIE
STEVEN H. RODDA
JACK SAPUNOR
JOHN V. STROUD
RAOUL M. THORBOURNE
MICHAEL S. ULLMAN
JANE URE
MICHAEL G. VIRGA

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